Deadliest day for Texans in Afghanistan war: 4 incidents

Texas on the Potomac is dedicated to remembering every Texan or Texas-based member of the Armed Forces to die in Iraq or Afghanistan. Here is the latest report:

In the deadliest day for Texans in the eight-year Afghanistan war, the Pentagon has identified Texas-based or Texan soldiers who died in four separate incidents.

In the latest incident, reported by the Defense Department late tonight, the Army identified seven soldiers — including one from Texas — who died Oct. 26 “of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter they were aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum.”

The dead also included two soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Fort Bragg, N.C.: Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, of San Diego, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, 28, of Medford, N.Y.

For Texas on the Potomac’s other reports on today’s casualty announcements from Afghanistan, click here, here and here.